The U.S. History

The Classification of Realias

II. COMMENT on the REALIAS

I. TOPICS for the ORAL ANSWER

PORTFOLIO

Ò The USA maps – a map of states and a geographical map;

Ò The USA flag;

Ò The American symbols;

Ò The USA historic dates;

Ò The list of the US Presidents;

Ò The list of the national parks with a short comment;

Ò The list of states with their capitals;

Ò A presentation of a region; + an essay;

Ò The list of measures;

Ò Some folklore examples and realias;

Ò The list of the US holidays;

Ò A final essay;

Ò The list of realias.

1. The classification of the American realias.

2. The geographical regions of the USA.

3. The discovery and colonization of America.

4. The important wars in the American history.

5. The 19^th century expansion.

6. The American symbols.

7. The official names of the states and their nicknames.

8. The American system of money.

9. The American measures.

9. The American folklore.

10. The American customs and traditions.

11. The American holidays.

12. The United States capitol.

Bronx cheer, BYOB, Big Apple, size 9, What’s up?, The Rocky Mountains, Washington, the Mississippi, Barrack Obama, Michael Jackson, Fennimore Cooper, Amway, Coca Cola, the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, buffalo, prairies, public schools, drugstore, apple pie order, baseball, Disneyland, April Fool, California, Niagara Falls, Barbie doll, Ford, Michael Phelps, western, Broadway, grizzly bear, cheerleader; breakdance, Bugs Bunny, the Congress.

Native Americans; Leif Ericson Day; Santa Maria; Ch. Columbus; 1492; Indians; Columbia River; District of Columbia; CBS; Amerigo Vespucci; America; James River; Jamestown Settlement; Pilgrim Fathers; Mayflower; Plymouth Colony; 1620; 1606; Thanksgiving; Plymouth Colony; Plymouth Rock; America’s Hometown; 1750; 13 colonies; Vinland; Black Americans; Columbia Pictures; Boston Tea Party; Boston Tea Party, July 4, 1776; Philadelphia; the Declaration of Independence; the American Revolution=the War of Independence; the Constitution; the Potomac River; the Industrial Revolution; Ellis Island; the Founding Fathers (Thomas Jefferson; George Washington; Benjamin Franklin; James Madison; Alexander Hamilton; John Adams), We the People, The Louisiana Purchase, the Oregon Trail, the Gold Rush, the Forty-niners, the Confederate States of America, the Union, the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Abolitionism, Ku-Klux-Klan; The Spanish-American War, President Wilson, President Franklin Roosevelt, Great Depression, the New Deal, Pearl Harbor, Cold War, President Kennedy, Peace Corps, Watergate Crisis, Martin Luther King, the Civil Rights Movement, “I Have a Dream” speech.

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